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Menzies' Journal. 



Fitzhugh Sound. 



1792. 

 Aug. lOlb. 



False Egg Id. 



The well- 

 named Peril 

 Rocks are 

 Pearl Rocks 

 recent chart.s. 



Smith's Inlet 

 of Hanna. 



Duncan's Plan 

 of, published 

 bv Dalrymple, 

 1789. 



Aug. 11th. 



in Latitude 51° 20' North, within half a mile of some small 

 Islands laying close to the Continental shore, which here 

 formd a hilly uneven Country wooded every where with 

 Pines & backd at no great distance by elevated Mountains 

 capt with Snow. — The shore itself was rocky & indented 

 with small Bays which on both sides of the Point were 

 choakd up with drift wood that bleachd by exposure / to 

 the Weather & appeard at a distance like white sandy Bays. 

 To the Westward of us, off the South end of Calvert's 

 Island, we saw what Cap* Hanna who first visited this part 

 of the Coast called the Peril Rocks, which appeard to be an 

 extensive Shoal that renders the approach to this Sound 

 from sea ward extremely dangerous. 



In the afternoon we passed some openings that branched 

 off to the Eastward, one of which has been called Smith's 

 Inlet by some of the Traders, & continued our course up 

 Fitzhugh's Sound which is from three to four miles wide in 

 the direction of North West by Compass, keeping the western 

 shore on board till we came to Duncan's Port Safety, where 

 we both anchord late in the Evening, & found it to be a 

 small Cove or Bay about two Leaugues up the Sound on 

 Calvert's Island in Latitude 51° 30' North & Longitude 232° 

 23' East. 



Llaving securely stationd the Vessels in Safety Cove, 

 two parties got ready & set out at day break on the morning 

 of the nth with four Boats manned & armed to continue 

 the examination of the Continental Shore. The Captain 

 accompanied them in the Pinnace to give the necessary 

 instructions before they separated at the entrance of the 

 Cove, where Mr. Puget & Mr. Whidbey with our Long Boat 

 & Cutter had directions to go back & begin at Smith's Inlet, 

 & explore the Eastern side of the Sound to a point then in 

 sight about five leagues to the North ward of us on the 

 same shore, while Mr. Johnstone with the other two Boats / 

 went on to begin at that point & from thence proceed to 

 explore towards the Head of Fitzhugh's Sound, & as his 

 excursion seemd to offer a more interesting field for Botan- 

 ical researches I accompanied him to examine the natural 

 produce of the Country, & Capt. Vancouver went with us in 

 the Pinnace to see if the Vessels could be moved higher up 

 the Sound before our return, & if so to fix on a place of 

 Meeting. 



